The Universal Art of Music, Volume II (1650) - Page 32

Great Art of Consonance and Dissonance

Example of the permutations original: mutationum of the second series of the preceding diagram, in which 21

notes are always placed upon one string original: chordam; here referring to a pitch level or a line on the musical staff representing a string, and 1 note

above another string.

1 A musical staff shows 21 diamond-shaped notes on the bottom line and 1 diamond-shaped note on the second line from the bottom at the 22nd (final) position.

2 A musical staff shows 21 diamond-shaped notes on the bottom line and 1 diamond-shaped note on the second line from the bottom at the 21st position.

3 A musical staff shows 21 diamond-shaped notes on the bottom line and 1 diamond-shaped note on the second line from the bottom at the 20th position.

4 A musical staff shows 21 diamond-shaped notes on the bottom line and 1 diamond-shaped note on the second line from the bottom at the 19th position.

5 A musical staff shows 21 diamond-shaped notes on the bottom line and 1 diamond-shaped note on the second line from the bottom at the 18th position.

6 A musical staff shows 21 diamond-shaped notes on the bottom line and 1 diamond-shaped note on the second line from the bottom at the 17th position.

7 A musical staff shows 21 diamond-shaped notes on the bottom line and 1 diamond-shaped note on the second line from the bottom at the 16th position.

8 A musical staff shows 21 diamond-shaped notes on the bottom line and 1 diamond-shaped note on the second line from the bottom at the 15th position.

9 A musical staff shows 21 diamond-shaped notes on the bottom line and 1 diamond-shaped note on the second line from the bottom at the 14th position.

10 A musical staff shows 21 diamond-shaped notes on the bottom line and 1 diamond-shaped note on the second line from the bottom at the 13th position.

11 A musical staff shows 21 diamond-shaped notes on the bottom line and 1 diamond-shaped note on the second line from the bottom at the 12th position.

12 A musical staff shows 21 diamond-shaped notes on the bottom line and 1 diamond-shaped note on the second line from the bottom at the 11th position.

13 A musical staff shows 21 diamond-shaped notes on the bottom line and 1 diamond-shaped note on the second line from the bottom at the 10th position.